AS400 Job Trends in the Midlands

IBM AS/400
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AS400 in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AS400 over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 259 223
Rank change year-on-year +31 -36 +119
Permanent jobs citing AS400 7 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.055% 0.094%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £37,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £39,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -2.17% -22.69%
75th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £52,625
90th Percentile - - £55,550
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

AS400 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,273 2,568 2,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 40.98% 28.50% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 989 1,455
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £27,760
25th Percentile £30,938 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,750 £66,650 £65,500
90th Percentile £76,550 £78,750 £77,000
England median annual salary £54,393 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.35% -4.00% -

AS400
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AS400 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

AS400 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

AS400
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AS400.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AS400

AS400
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AS400 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 5 - - 1
West Midlands +46 2 £32,500 -27.78% 4
AS400
England

AS400
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) AS400 Programmer
1 5 (71.43%) Programmer
1 5 (71.43%) RPG Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ERP
1 2 (28.57%) Logistics
1 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) RPG
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#